Perspective from Vancouver

A dozen reasons why the suburbs can be saved

Arthur C. Nelson in Reshaping Metropolitan America made the demographic case that redevelopment of low-density commercial buildings – largely in the suburbs — could meet all of the US new housing needs in the coming decades.

What do the abolition of slavery, full citizenship for women and the reinvention of suburbia have in common? Each was an overdue transition of restoring freedom to individuals. All were opposed by the social and economic status quo forces Symbolically suburbia is today what cotton fields were hundreds of years ago. Are there cotton fields today? Yes but the way they are managed, designed and their function has been fundamentally changed. This discussion is critically important.